Martial Arts

UFC 105 in Manchester, England

Friday, November 13, 2009
By MotleyHealth

Exciting weekend for MMA as UFC goes to Manchester in the UK. Lot of British talent fighting, plus a few big guns. Randy Couture will be fighting someone almost half his age too. Update: UFC 105 Results from Manchester, UK UFC 105 Fight Card Randy Couture vs. Brandon Vera Michael Bisping vs. Denis Kang Mike Swick vs.... »

Dave Batista Martial Arts Workouts and Weight Training Routines

Monday, September 14, 2009
By MotleyHealth

Batista is a five-time world heavyweight prof wrestler champion. He has won the World Heavyweight Championship 4 times and the WWE Championship once. Batista has also won the World Tag Team Championship 3 times (twice with Ric Flair and once with John Cena) and the WWE Tag Team Championship once (with Rey Mysterio). He... »

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu versus Kung fu (Royce Gracie vs. Jason Delucia)

Tuesday, August 25, 2009
By MotleyHealth

This video clip provides an excellent narrative on the Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu can overcome other styles. In this fight a competent kung-fu fighter, Jason Delucia is up against Royce Gracie. Gracie quickly controls the fight by getting in close and taking the fight to the floor, where Delucia is not comfortable or experienced. Brazilian... »

Thai Boxing Circuit Training (kickboxing workouts)

Sunday, August 23, 2009
By MotleyHealth

This is a great tour of Bulldog Gym, a Thai boxing gym. All the stations are functional training, building on core strength, boxing and kicking skills, endurance, footwork, power plus sprints drills. There is also a sledge hammer station, rope climbs and rock climbing (great for finger and hand strength). »

Anderson Silva’s MMA Workouts

Monday, August 17, 2009
By MotleyHealth

Anderson Silva is regarded by many is the ultimate MMA fighter. The Brazilian stands at 6 foot 2, and is known as The Spider. He main styles are Muay Thai, Boxing and of course Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Silva had a brief professional boxing career in 1998 with 2 fights. In 2002 Silva started fighting in... »

Rich ‘Ace’ Franklin’s MMA Endurance Workout Video

Monday, August 17, 2009
By MotleyHealth

Rich Franklin is an America MMA professional fighter and a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight champion. He started out learning karate as a child, and then studied submission fighting from video tapes, and currently learns Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under the tutelage of Jorge Gurgel. In this video we see how he trains for MMA. The... »

MMA Workout To Build Strength and Endurance

Sunday, August 16, 2009
By MotleyHealth
MMA Workout To Build Strength and Endurance

MMA is fast becoming the most popular competition martial art. As it takes the best parts from several styles, i.e. kicking, punching, grappling, throwing and submission wrestling, it is the closest to a true fight that can be had while still ensuring that there are safety rules in place to prevent serious injury. Many... »

Jeet Kune Do Skills and Workouts

Friday, August 7, 2009
By MotleyHealth

Jeet Kune Do means Way of the Intercepting Fist, and is the martial arts style that Bruce Lee developed to combine what he had learnt after spending years studying every popular fighting style available to him. Although his background was in kung-fu (Tai Chi, Wing Chun) he studied high kicking styles, wrestling, Western boxing,... »

Fitness and Strength Training for Capoeira

Thursday, August 6, 2009
By MotleyHealth
Fitness and Strength Training for Capoeira

Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art that originates from Angola.  Participants form a roda (circle) and take turns playing instruments, singing, and sparring in pairs in the centre of the circle. The game is marked by fluid acrobatic play, feints, subterfuge, and extensive use of groundwork, as well as sweeps, kicks, and head butts.... »

The Art of Expressing the Human Body – A Book Review

Thursday, July 30, 2009
By MotleyHealth
The Art of Expressing the Human Body – A Book Review

The Art of Expressing the Human Body is without doubt still one of the most inspirational and useful books for anyone looking to get into shape. »

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